ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,002, issued on July 15, was assigned to EPFL-TTO (Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Electrostatic particle collector" was invented by Nikunj Dudani (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Satoshi Takahama (Lausanne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "ESP particle collector (1) for collecting particles in a particle containing gas stream, comprising an inlet section (4), a collector section (6), and an electrode arrangement (8), the inlet section comprising a flow tube (10) defining a gas flow channel (12) therein bounded by a guide wall (24) extending between an entry end (14) and a collector end (16) that serves as an inlet to the collector sect...